Surah Abasa - English Translation by Dr Kamal Omar
عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ
He frowned and turned away
Surah Abasa, Verse 1
أَن جَآءَهُ ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ
that there came unto him a blind person
Surah Abasa, Verse 2
وَمَا يُدۡرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُۥ يَزَّكَّىٰٓ
And what shall make you realise, perchance he might become pure (of sins)
Surah Abasa, Verse 3
أَوۡ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰٓ
or he might take heed and Az-Zikrah (‘The Reminder’) may benefit him
Surah Abasa, Verse 4
أَمَّا مَنِ ٱسۡتَغۡنَىٰ
Then whatever (may be the case), that who became disdainfully indifferent
Surah Abasa, Verse 5
فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ
then you, in his interest, you wait
Surah Abasa, Verse 6
وَمَا عَلَيۡكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ
And what (responsibility falls) on you that he is not becoming pure (of sins)
Surah Abasa, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسۡعَىٰ
And that whoever (may be the case) — one who has come: he strives earnestly
Surah Abasa, Verse 8
وَهُوَ يَخۡشَىٰ
and he becomes conscious of the position (of Allah)
Surah Abasa, Verse 9
فَأَنتَ عَنۡهُ تَلَهَّىٰ
then you regarding him: you show neglect
Surah Abasa, Verse 10
كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا تَذۡكِرَةٞ
By no means (We allow this behaviour)! Surely, it is Tazkirah (‘An Admonition’)
Surah Abasa, Verse 11
فَمَن شَآءَ ذَكَرَهُۥ
So whoever desired, he propagated it (to himself and to others)
Surah Abasa, Verse 12
فِي صُحُفٖ مُّكَرَّمَةٖ
(The Scripture is contained) in Suhuf (Surahs or Booklets) Mukarramah (held in honour)
Surah Abasa, Verse 13
مَّرۡفُوعَةٖ مُّطَهَّرَةِۭ
exalted (in dignity), kept pure (from interpolation)
Surah Abasa, Verse 14
بِأَيۡدِي سَفَرَةٖ
in the hands of scribes
Surah Abasa, Verse 15
كِرَامِۭ بَرَرَةٖ
noble (and) virtuous
Surah Abasa, Verse 16
قُتِلَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكۡفَرَهُۥ
The human has been condemned (because of) that which has made him a denier (of Allah’s Message)
Surah Abasa, Verse 17
مِنۡ أَيِّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ
From what material did He create him
Surah Abasa, Verse 18
مِن نُّطۡفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ
From Nutfah He created him; (and) then He set him in due proportion
Surah Abasa, Verse 19
ثُمَّ ٱلسَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُۥ
Afterwards, the Path — He made (it) easy unto him
Surah Abasa, Verse 20
ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ
Then He caused him to die; then He placed him in (his) burial place
Surah Abasa, Verse 21
ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ
Then, when He willed — He resurrected him
Surah Abasa, Verse 22
كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقۡضِ مَآ أَمَرَهُۥ
Nay! Not yet he has completed what He commanded him
Surah Abasa, Verse 23
فَلۡيَنظُرِ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِۦٓ
Then let the human being look towards his food
Surah Abasa, Verse 24
أَنَّا صَبَبۡنَا ٱلۡمَآءَ صَبّٗا
that We poured down water in a downpour
Surah Abasa, Verse 25
ثُمَّ شَقَقۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ شَقّٗا
Then We split the earth in clefts
Surah Abasa, Verse 26
فَأَنۢبَتۡنَا فِيهَا حَبّٗا
Then We caused to grow therein the grain
Surah Abasa, Verse 27
وَعِنَبٗا وَقَضۡبٗا
and grapes, and clover-grass (as pasture)
Surah Abasa, Verse 28
وَزَيۡتُونٗا وَنَخۡلٗا
and olives, and date-palms
Surah Abasa, Verse 29
وَحَدَآئِقَ غُلۡبٗا
and gardens — dense in growth
Surah Abasa, Verse 30
وَفَٰكِهَةٗ وَأَبّٗا
and fruits, and Abba (herbage or fodder)
Surah Abasa, Verse 31
مَّتَٰعٗا لَّكُمۡ وَلِأَنۡعَٰمِكُمۡ
(to be) a provision for you people and for your cattle
Surah Abasa, Verse 32
فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ
And when the deafening sound (from the blowing Trumpet) stands delivered —
Surah Abasa, Verse 33
يَوۡمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلۡمَرۡءُ مِنۡ أَخِيهِ
the Day a man flees from his brother
Surah Abasa, Verse 34
وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ
and his mother, and his father
Surah Abasa, Verse 35
وَصَٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ
and his wife, and his offsprings
Surah Abasa, Verse 36
لِكُلِّ ٱمۡرِيٕٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ شَأۡنٞ يُغۡنِيهِ
For each and every man of them that Day is a concern which makes him indifferent (to all, except himself)
Surah Abasa, Verse 37
وُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ مُّسۡفِرَةٞ
(Some) faces this Day (would be) happily shining ones
Surah Abasa, Verse 38
ضَاحِكَةٞ مُّسۡتَبۡشِرَةٞ
smiling ones, rejoicing ones while receiving the good news
Surah Abasa, Verse 39
وَوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَلَيۡهَا غَبَرَةٞ
And (some) faces this Day — on them is stain of dust and smoke
Surah Abasa, Verse 40
تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ
darkness of despair shall cover them
Surah Abasa, Verse 41
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡكَفَرَةُ ٱلۡفَجَرَةُ
Those people: they very ones are Al-Kafarah (the disbelievers), Al-Fajarah (the evil-doers)
Surah Abasa, Verse 42